California Government Code

§ 65009.1

GOV § 65009.1 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 1 · Title 7 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)In any action brought by the Attorney General or the Department of Housing and Community Development to enforce the adoption of housing element revisions pursuant to the schedule set forth in subdivision (e) of Section 65588, or to enforce any state law that requires a city, county, or local agency to ministerially approve, without discretionary review, any planning or permitting application related to a housing development project, the city, county, or local agency shall be subject to the following remedies:

(1)A civil penalty of, at minimum, ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per month, and not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per month, for each violation, accrued from the date of the violation until the date the violation is cured.

(2)(A) All costs of investigating and prosecuting this action, including expert fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, and costs, whenever the Attorney General or the department prevails in a civil action to enforce any state laws under this section.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 293, Sec. 2. (SB 1037) Effective January 1, 2025.